WHE sponsors a team for the 5K Race Fundraiser for ProKids - 06/08/2007

The 11th Annual Run for Kids benefiting Cincinnati non-profit ProKids was held on Friday June 8, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in Hyde Park. Proceeds from the 5K run totaled approximately $15,000. WH&E Attorney Adam Weeks was the top finsiher on the WH&E team.

This run event is designed to provide fundraising for the plight of children suffering within the foster care system and to demonstrate how ProKids is offering a solution by providing Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs).

For 25 years, ProKids has been speaking up for a group of children few people know much about: children who have been abused or neglected so severely they have been removed from their families and placed in the child protection system. These children typically live in temporary foster homes. ProKids Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers establish a relationship with the child, investigate their living situation and challenge the system to provide for childs best interests. Most important, CASAs work to help find a safe, permanent and nurturing home for every child. In 2005, abuse stopped for 99% of children with a ProKids CASA.